Google looks to invest $600m in Kansas City data center development

Google has reportedly set its sights on Kansas City, Mo., as the latest site in its massive data expansion project.

Dubbed Project Shale, it would be the tech giant’s latest data center project in the Midwest, according to media sources. Google is prepared to funnel a $600 million initial investment into it.

Google is looking at the Hunt Midwest Business Center, an industrial park in Clay County, as a potential site for the project, a local news source reported.

On Monday, the Port Authority of Kansas City’s Board of Commissioners reportedly voted to approve bond documents for the project, which would allow it to issue up to $25 million in Chapter 68 bonds over 35 years for the project and make Google exempt from paying property taxes for 25 years.